"I always said that if I could just find a guy who could chop wood and had a nice smile, it wouldn't bother me if he was a thug or an aristocrat, as long as he was a good guy. And I've ended up with an educated thug."

"I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing."

"Whatever I'm doing, I'm in that moment and I'm doing it. The rest of the world's lost. If I'm cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, what's the point of doing it?"

"People are so used to having their lives filmed, they're not even conscious of having cameras around. I still have that sort of suspicion when a camera comes out. I view it as a thing to fear."

"Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them."

"Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology."

"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."

"I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education."